Alligator Dance: Stories (Southwest Life and Letters) - Softcover

Peery, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087074366X ISBN 13: 9780870743665

Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr, 1993

Synopsis

With the same piercing vision that distinguishes her novel The River Beyond The World, Janet Peery unveils a stunning collection of stories. Settled mostly in the American Southwest, her characters-men and women caught between two places, literal and figurative-try to understand the mysteries that overarch or undergird their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Peery is the author of the collection Alligator Dance, and her stories have been widely published. In addition to being a National Book Award Finalist, she has received an NEA Fellowship, the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Whiting Foundation Writer's Award, and her stories have been twice cited in Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize XVI and XVII. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Review:

“A seasoned storyteller . . . Wisdom, grace, humor, love-these are just a few of the virtues the years have taught Ms. Peery.” ―Paul Scott Malone, The Dallas Morning News

“Where are words of praise for superb writing in this day of wasted superlatives? Janet Peery's debut collection of short stories . . . deserves such words . . . This is writing of the highest order.” ―The Virginia Quarterly Review

“Wonderfully engaging, verbally interesting page by page, thoughtful and earnest in its concern with moral issues. This is a wonderful book!” ―Rosellen Brown

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 087074366X
• ISBN 13: 9780870743665
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208